Mrs. Nordstrom's Kindergarten Blog

Wow, I haven't updated the blog for awhile! We have been really busy learning new things everyday here in kindergarten. We finished our letters books and the kids were really excited to make it through the entire alphabet! Now that we have formally practiced how to make each letter it will be important to try and carry that over into our everyday writing. Remembering to always start at the TOP.

Speaking of writing we have started making lists and trying really hard to hear the first sound in a word. Today's list was titled, Things That are Red. Most things listed related to fire. Maybe that's because of fire safety week last week?!?

Word work has us focusing on clapping, catching and counting syllables in words, along with focusing on our kindergarten quick words. So far we have learned: I, see, a, like, can, you. I will be attaching a list of these words to our newsletter this week.

Partner games has been a fun way to learn our numbers 0-10, along with fun poems that remind us how to form our numbers. We have also been looking at all the different ways we can represent a number (numeral, word, fingers, tally mark, objects, domino, dice, number sentence and ten frames).

Whew, finally during unit time we have been exploring the life cycle of a pumpkin. I promised the kids we would also paint a pumpkin and trust me they have reminded me everyday that we haven't painted one yet! Hopefully tomorrow we will get to that. Next week I look forward to exploring the insides of a pumpkin with them and doing some investigation work.

Hope that brings everyone up to speed about what has been going on in our classroom. Reminder that Friday is an early release. Students leave the school at 12:25 that day! Have a great evening :)

What a fun day we had today! The kiddos did wonderful at the program and their huge smiles afterward were priceless. Please see the photos below from the classroom. I apologize if I missed anyone, it can get a little crazy with everyone coming and going.

Next week is a three day week. There was no newsletter sent home today, but look for one next week. Reminder that we will be walking to the fire hall on Wednesday morning. Please dress the kids for the weather. Also, be sure to send warm clothing for recess. Many kids have been coming in with cold hands and ears. Have a great weekend.

Wow, you should have been in our room this afternoon when it started to SNOW! The kids were pressed to the windows in amazement and their energy level went sky high. We decided to make snow pictures out of chalk in honor of the first snowfall. Due to the Cardboard Challenge we were unable to have book checkout today. I will try to schedule a time early next week. The kids had a blast at the Cardboard Challenge. They were very respectful as they went around and played everyones games they created. It is fun to see what each of the kids create. Checkout the pictures below to see what some of our own classmates made. Have a great weekend. Personally, I really hope we don't get any more snow ;)

Welcome to the first day of October! What a busy day it was too. We started the day with a medical lockdown. There was no threat or danger. A medical lockdown may include an injury or illness where someone needs to safely and quickly leave the building. Classes are to continue as normal, but with the doors shut and locked, allowing no one into the hallways until the lockdown is cleared. If you have more questions about lockdowns, please contact me or Mr. Cawcutt in the elementary office.

This afternoon we also had the fire alarm go off while the kids were in music. A few of them were a little scared not being with their regular teacher, but they handled it great and calmed down quickly. The alarm was pulled by a younger student. Please take a moment to speak to you child about the importance of fire alarms and how they are not to touch them unless it is an emergency!

With the rain it also meant inside recess! We spent a portion of the afternoon dancing to Calling All the Monsters and singing Let it Go at the top of our lungs :) They were quite shocked that even Mrs. Nordstrom knew all the words. Have a great night everyone.